Land leveler



g- 1943 L. OSWALD 2,325,875

LAND LEVELER Filed Aug. 50, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor lauds Oswald A Norrie .Aug.- 3, 1943. 1.. OSWALD LAND LEVELER Filed Aug. 30, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor lozzs OSWQ/Zd A Home shape, as shown moreclearly Patented Aug. 3, 1 943 i m LEvE' LERf is mm. Nata. oasr'.

Application August 30, 1941, Serial No. 409,087

Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in farm implements and has for its primary object to provide a device adapted to be dragged over the soil after the same has been plowed and harrowed for the purpose of levelling the surface of the soil by removing and crushing clods therefrom. The machine is designed primarily for usein orchards and vineyards prior to the harvesting of thecrop in order. to provide a smooth walking surface for the gatherers of the crop.

A further important object of the invention is Q to provide a drag adapted to be drawn over the surface of the soil and embodying yieldable means at each' end of the drag adapted tosmooth and level the soil immediately adjacent the trees or vines of the vineyardf A still further object is to provide adevice of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to'manufacture, and

hinge sections 8 of the upper andlower sections of the drag are alined'in end to end. relation to receive the pins 9 and between the hinge sec- I tions adjacentthe ends of the drag" are positioned the spaced parallel arms Ill-ill of a pair I of bracket members designated at H, the outerv ends, of the arms being provided with alined openings [2-42 for receiving the ends of a draw I low'disk l8 journalled on apin l9 at the intermediate portion. of the mounting." To the other I end of .lthe mounting I! is attachedja coiled otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation .as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view. Figure 2. is an end elevational view. Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken I substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view through Y one of the disks taken substantiallyon a line II '55 of Fig. 3, and a Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the to which the disks are pivotally at brackets tached.

Referring now'to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates the drag or soil leveler generally which is preferably in the form of a fiat hollow housing open at each end and constructed of upper and lower sections 6 and I respectively. Transverselythe drag is of substantially oval in Fig- 4 of the drawings,

The longitudinal edges of the sections 5 and I are rolled as shown at 8 t provide hinged membersin which pins 9 are inserted for securing the sections together. For this purpose the member l3 having aneye M at its central 'portion providing means for attaching the drag to a pulling vehicle. stantially U formation as shown in Fig.3 of. the drawings and the bight portion thereof is'provided with apertured ears l5'havinga pin, l6

positioned therein and on which is pivotally mounted a bell crank mounting [1 having a holspring 20 bymeans of a connector 2|, the spring having one end attached to the inside of the drag. r

The disks-l8 project outwardly at oppositeends V of the drag, the spring 20 yieldably maintaining the disks in their outwardly projected position;

From the foregoing it will be apparent thatthe drag may be drawn over the-surface of the soil to'remove --cl0ds and uneven portions of the soil and thus smooth the surface. Th xoutwardly I projecting disks l8 likewise will smooth the soil at the ends of the drag so'thatthe drag may be .worked'closely under fruit trees, vines, and the like, and the. disks are yieldableto impact with the trees or vines so as to prevent injury thereto. The sections 6 and i are of substantially dupli= cate construction and accordingly the drag may be used in an inverted position to equalize-wear on the respective sections.

Handles 22 are provided at body of the drag.

. It is believed the the rear ledgeofthe further detailed explanation. What is claimed is: 1. A soil levelling device comprising ajsubstantially fiat hollow drag body open at each side edge, and adapted tobe drawn over the surface of the ground, and yieldable drag member's mounted in the vdrag body and-projecting outwardly from-the open edges thereof. r

2 A soil levelling device comprising a substantially fiat hollow drag'bodinopen at eachside edge, and adapted to be drawn over the surface of theground, auxiliary drag members mounted The brackets H are of sub I details of construction, advantages and manner of use of the device will be readily understood from th foregoing without in the drag body, and spring means yieldably projecting the members outwardly of the body and adapted for retraction upon contact with an object in the path of the members.' r

' 3. A soil levelling device "comprising a substantially flat hollow drag body open at each end and composed ofa pair of substantially duplicate upper and lower sections, means attached to the body for pulling the same overethe surface of the ground, almllowdisk-like memhermmmted horizontallyfin meh ierifl o; the and spring means normally projecting a portion of the disks bodyof substantially duplicate top and bottom construction adapted for use in inverted posiground, a retractible member carried by the tions and a retractiblewmember projectingffrom an edge of the body for use as a soil-working element when the body is in 'either' position,

5. A soil levelling device comprising a drag body adapted to be drawn over the surface of the body, and means yieldably projecting the memberktrom smeaedge oif the to-form a soil w kin dm x miis ifi fflfifi l member being movable into its retracted position invgardly of the edge of the body by contact with objects in the path of the member.

LOUIS OSWAID. 

